Zachary Hughes said that John Mello offered him $5,000 and then $10,000 to kill Christina Parcell, believing she was in ...

John Mello shared a child with Christina Parcell at the time of her murder. Mello was arrested while defendant Zachary Hughes was testifying.

Zachary Hughes' chilling confession of stabbing Christina Parcell 35 times secured his life sentence—and led to her ...

The Greenville County Sheriff's Office said deputies arrested John Joey Mello, 64, in connection with the murder of Christina Parcell.

After brief deliberations, a jury convicted South Carolina man Zachary Hughes of murdering Christina Parcell in October 2021.

A Juilliard-trained pianist was convicted of murder Thursday in the death of a Greer mother in 2021. He was sentenced to life in prison. Zachary Hughes admitted on the stand Wednesday that he did in ...

Parcell was found stabbed to death in her home on Canebrake Drive in Greer. She had more than 30 stab wounds including to her jugular and carotid arteries. Rose petals were scattered around the crime ...

Mello had a bond hearing the evening of his arrest on Wednesday but was not granted bond. It is not Mello’s first time being ...

His friend, John Mello, could also face life imprisonment. “I’ve never had a defendant get on the stand with the kind of attitude, ego, cold-faced sternness and explain a brutal murder in the ...